April 30 (Reuters) – The United States is unlikely to serve as an effective mediator in international conflicts, given its actions on the global stage, senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday. The comments by Medvedev, a former president of Russia, appeared to contrast with the Kremlin’s official line that the U.S. is…
France has unveiled Europe’s first explicit fuel-by-fuel roadmap to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and fossil gas by 2050. The country has used the Santa Marta global conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels to position itself as an early mover on energy security, industrial competitiveness and climate action. Presented on April…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, April 28 (Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged partner countries in Southeast Asia on Tuesday not to turn to Russia for oil supplies as they try to cope with widespread fuel shortages caused by the Middle East conflict. The EU approved a fresh round of sanctions…
MOSCOW, April 27 (Reuters) – An employee of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, controlled by Russian forces, was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack, the Russian-installed management of the station said in a Telegram post on Monday. “A driver was killed today when a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone struck the transport department at the Zaporizhzhia…
LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) – Britain’s government remains in close cooperation with U.S. security services ahead of King Charles’ visit to the United States this week, a senior minister said on Sunday, after a shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were rushed out of the dinner…
KYIV, April 25 (Reuters) – A major Russian overnight attack on Ukraine killed four people and injured more than 30 others as Moscow launched over 660 drones and missiles in a barrage that targeted the city of Dnipro in southeastern Ukraine, and hit several other regions. “Practically all night, the Russians bombed Dnipro and our…
By Alex Lefkowitz and Edward McAllister SOFIA, April 19 (Reuters) – Bulgarians will vote on Sunday in the eighth parliamentary election in five years, with the clear frontrunner, pro-Russian former president Rumen Radev, promising to end a spiral of weak, short-lived governments and stamp out widespread corruption. Radev, a eurosceptic former fighter pilot who opposes…
April 18 (Reuters) – A fire broke out at an oil terminal in southern Russia’s Krasnodar region, prompting a large firefighting operation, the region’s emergency operational headquarters said early on Saturday. No casualties were reported and there was no indication as to what may have caused the fire. The emergency headquarters, writing on Telegram, said…
The $24 billion Dutch bank ABN Amro is cutting a fifth of its workforce over the next three years—so how is its CEO Marguerite Bérard rallying the troops? By sacrificing her long meals and talking over the growing pains with staffers over weekly lunches. “I now take lunch early and at my desk,” Bérard told…
MADRID, April 11 (Reuters) – Israel said on Saturday it had reprimanded Spain’s most senior diplomat in Tel Aviv over the blowing up of a giant effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Spanish town this week. The seven-metre (23-foot) figure was packed with 14 kilograms (31 lb) of gunpowder in El Burgo, a…